The Trouble with Hating You
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3.6 • 48 Ratings
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
Strong-willed and proudly single, an engineer walks out when her parents set her up with a lawyer -- but when work brings them together again, she just might give love a second chance.
Liya Thakkar is a successful biochemical engineer, takeout enthusiast, and happily single woman. The moment she realizes her parents' latest dinner party is a setup with the man they want her to marry, she's out the back door in a flash. Imagine her surprise when the same guy shows up at her office a week later -- the new lawyer hired to rescue her struggling company. What's not surprising: he's not too thrilled to see her either after that humiliating fiasco.
Jay Shah looks good on paper . . . and off. Especially if you like that whole gorgeous, charming lawyer-in-a-good-suit thing. He's also infuriating. As their witty office banter turns into late night chats, Liya starts to think he might be the one man who truly accepts her. But falling for each other means exposing their painful pasts. Will Liya keep running, or will she finally give love a real chance? Find out in this laugh-out-loud romantic comedy debut about first impressions, second chances, and finding the love of your life in the most unexpected way.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
This sultry romance from Sajni Patel proves that when it comes to true love, getting there is half the fun. Liya Thakkar is a successful researcher on pace for a brilliant career. She doesn’t have time for smug lawyer Jay Shah, the guy her parents want to set her up with (even if he does fill out a designer suit quite nicely). But when their paths keep crossing, she starts to wonder if there’s more to Jay than his attitude. Patel is a master at building steamy tension, and the clever double entendres she uses to describe Liya and Jay’s chemistry continually made us blush. We loved how these relatable characters navigate a world where tradition meets (and occasionally butts heads with) modern life. Soneela Nankani’s narration perfectly captures both of the leads’ deep range of emotion as their feelings threaten to overwhelm them or possibly blow up in their faces. We enjoyed trying to figure out if this pair is flirting with disaster or something even more dangerous: love.
Customer Reviews
Dreamy. More relatable than expected
It’s a little corny, but you know, I like that! There’s some really helpful explanations of Indian American culture as background and I didn’t feel excluded from understanding anything. I listened to the book only in the car and while cooking this week and I finished. This March I met my now boyfriend and spent 6 weeks being quietly woo’ed until I finally let him in. I am fiercely opinionated/modern at times but have actually settled into a relationship which I longed for. I am half Jewish and I took my bf to an Afghan kabob place on date 1. Didn’t know he was Afghan nor Muslim till he walked in and spoke fluently to the owner! He swayed me with his actions- showing me love and kindness I didn’t believe could be genuine. He started with “love you” during the first date texting goodnight sequence and said it many more times. I was mad when he would say he loved me after 1, 2, 3 weeks and so on because my mom told me it’s proper to do love you’s after 4-6 months. 8 days until 6 months after the first date and we’ve begun squabbling about how he would ideally invite 5x as many guests to our wedding.
We both have mixtures of ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ qualities so I really identify with Liya and Jays relationship. I am intellectually dominant in college but I enjoy being taken care of. I thought I would have to sacrifice my feminism to be married and I disagree now. We’ve discussed kids since date 3 and I started using Pinterest for wedding stuff this week while reading about Liya. I specifically tried early on to not like my bf, but I couldn’t fully push him away. He’s my first bf and I appreciated the storytelling of Liyas assault #metoo. I think this book would make a fantastic movie.
My bf is concerned about being disowned for dating me. His family has tried to match him with a cousin or family friend at times but he was clear he won’t stand for it. I’m grateful to have skipped the limbo like Liya and Jay. My bf was always devoted even though I was hesitant. The second book comes out on 9/21/21 the second anniversary of my sisters mystery overdose. I would give anything to have her at my wedding and meeting my babies at the hospital in the future. Bf and I want 3-4 kids. Lia or Leah are on my baby name list, so now I also like Liya.🙏😊
Great book with great characters!
This was a great read! The author developed characters that you want to react to and with. I often found myself laughing out loud and or crying “No!” to the story line. I originally downloaded to listen in my walks but found myself so engaged with the characters I couldn’t stop!